| James Harden Hays | |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1800 |
| Birth Place: | Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Baldwin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Resting Place: | Allegheny Cemetery |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Start of coal industry in Allegheny County |
| Children: | Ann Eva Bughman, Mary Jane Wilson, Josephine Willock, Henry Blake Hays, Emmeline Davis, Sarah Watson, Agnes Wylie, James Harden Hays Jr., John Shoenberger Hays, Walter Forward Hays |
| Parents: | Jacob Hays, Jane Scott Harden |
James Harden Hays (September 3, 1800 – March 30, 1876) was a pioneer of bituminous coal mining in Western Pennsylvania.
James H. Hays was born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on September 3, 1800.[1]
His first mine was opened in 1828, at the mouth of Street's Run, where it empties into the Monongahela River.[2]
He died on March 30, 1876, at his home near Becks Run in Baldwin Township.[3]